Swapna Mohanty
19 December 2017, 12:07 IST
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Jesus stated, giving makes both the giver and the receiver happy. In pursuit of this happiness, a group of doctors from an NGO in Athens and a landscape businessman from Taunton have been doing their bit to spread smiles and more happiness to the ongoing festivities around.
Eight years ago, a little girl who was a patient at the clinics run by the NGO "Doctors of the World" asked her doctor if Santa Claus brings milk as a present. This painful rendition by the patient revealed the agony of children living in poverty in Greece.
This harsh reality touched the doctors and they decided that at least for a day no one would be away from the basic needs of living.
Every year since then, the yard of the historic building of the Athens University adorns a Christmas tree made out of milk tins, sugar, oil and other packed food cans which are donated by the Athenians and then later distributed to the needy in the festive season. http://ccms.patrika.com/upload/2017/12/19/christmas.jpg
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